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exciteabletomon Distribution of JVM Desktop Applications

It is because every Electron app starts it's own Chromium instance.

exciteabletomon How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?

I don't want to diminish rms and gnu's work in progressing software freedom and these programs are of course big contributions to a lot of Linux systems. However, I use i3 instead of gnome, systemd isn't a part of gnu, I also use Firefox instead of Epiphany.

Should I refer to my system as gnu/i3/systemd/Mozilla/Linux?

It's easier to refer to modular systems using the one guaranteed common element, in this case, the kernel. It's not necessary to specify every major user-space program.

exciteabletomon Use `nproc` and not grep /proc/cpuinfo

From the man page: > If the -j option is given without an argument, make will not limit the number of jobs that can run simultaneously.

exciteabletomon Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Facebook and Twitter

If you are using FF it's a known issue. You just have to clear your cache with `Shift+Ctrl+R`

exciteabletomon RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHub’s CEO

Couldn't you retain the social aspect by mirroring the repos on Github? Linux does this.

exciteabletomon Delete Facebook and You'll Lose All Oculus Games for Good

You must have an account with your real information, send FB proof of identification if they ask, and not have more than one account.

exciteabletomon How TikTok's design makes the algorithm work

I liked the point that algorithms don't have to be user-hostile. Thanks for the read.

exciteabletomon Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days)

I updated the BIOS and nothing changed. After a few months they fixed it.

exciteabletomon Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days)

I have an Intel SKU and I couldn't launch the game for 2 months after release.

exciteabletomon Oculus Quest 2

It does mention it on the product page[0] though.

>Quest 2 requires your Facebook account to log in, making it easy to meet up with friends in VR and discover communities around the world. You can explore as yourself or choose a new name by creating a unique VR profile.

[0] https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/

exciteabletomon Applebot

The quality of the product is irrelvant. It will have usage as long as it is the default on Apple devices.

exciteabletomon Firefox 80

On my Linux system Ctrl+p and File->print are the same dialog box.

exciteabletomon Searching for 'VK' shows only a single result on DuckduckGo. Why?

Such images are showing up for me with region set to Australia.

exciteabletomon Producing Open Source Software (2017)

It is probably easier to list the things that _won't_ put off RMS.

God forbid you use the DOM[1] in your JS!

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html

exciteabletomon 5G Just Got Weird

AFAIK, the speed is >gigabit fast, but to achieve that speed you need to have super high frequencies and hence smaller range.

To me, it seems inconvenient as a replacement for 4G. However it is also being used for other applications; like self-driving cars[1].

[1]: https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-could-make-self-driving-cars-sm...

exciteabletomon 5G Just Got Weird

It's hard to deliver both higher speed and longer range, because higher frequencies don't reach as far and don't penetrate walls as well.